Real Steel

Hello my lovelies, 

Hope you're all enjoying your summer. The weather is all over the place in the UK as per usual. Take me to somewhere sunny! Although I guess the saying is 'there's no place like home'. 

Before getting into the actual film itself, can I just say ooh Hugh Jackman! Everyone loves him right? I mean, how can you not?!

So first things first, Real Steel is an American science fiction/drama/sports film in which Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) builds and trains robots in order to take part in boxing matches, which Kenton used to do himself. Robots have basically taken over as boxers whilst humans control their actions in order to defeat their opponents and win the match.

Towards the beginning of the film Charlie learns that his ex-girlfriend died and that he has to attend court in order to find out who gains custody of his son Max (Dakota Goya), between either himself or Max's aunt Debra and her husband. Charlie takes care of Max over the summer with payment from Debra's husband to allow them to still enjoy their holiday by themselves.

Throughout the film, Charlie and Max work together leading to the final match with a robot called Atom. Their relationship gets stronger as they bond over getting Atom tough enough to fight against a stronger robot called Zeus.

I really enjoyed this film and the soundtrack played a huge part in making me like it so much. I have a huge love for Eminem so hearing him play in the soundtrack made it so much better. The acting from each of the cast members was also great, with the best of course being Hugh Jackman himself.

I found myself getting just as attached to Atom as Charlie and Max did, seeing them help him learn the moves he needed to fight his best against Zeus was actually kind of heart warming. If I could have a robot like that, I definitely would. Looks like fun having a robot friend, especially one that could mimic your every move. When he copies the dance that Max does into the arena it looks like so much fun! Made me wonder what it could actually be like in reality if robots were to become something more than just toys to us.

Real Steel featured romance, comedy, action and sci-fi which blended together made for an excellent film, and one that I would happily watch again and suggest to others as well.  I suggest when you get the chance, look it up and sit back, relax and watch it. 

Until next time my lovelies, thanks for reading :) x